Camel girl

Ella Harper, known professionally as The Camel Girl, was born on January 5, 1870, and passed away on December 19, 1921. She was afflicted with an extremely rare orthopedic condition called congenital genu recurvatum, causing her knees to bend backward, which led to her unique preference of walking on all fours and earning her the nickname "Camel Girl." In 1886, she became the star attraction of W. H. Harris's Nickel Plate Circus, gaining widespread attention in newspapers wherever the circus toured.Show more

For her performances, Harper received a generous salary of $200 per week, providing her with financial stability and likely opening doors to opportunities she might not have otherwise had.

In 1905, Ella Harper married Robert Savely, a schoolteacher. Following her passing at the age of fifty-one in 1921, she was laid to rest in Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.

The back of her pitch card reads:

I am called the camel girl because my knees turn backward. I can walk best on my hands and feet as you see me in the picture. I have traveled considerably in the show business for the past four years and now, this is 1886 and I intend to quit the show business and go to school and fit myself for another occupation.
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